Adjustable seat for automobiles



Nov. 27, 1928. 1,693,120

w. J. RHYNER ADJUSTABLE SEAT FOR AUTOMOBILES Filed Aug. 5, 1926 fizggaj Ego %a INVENTOR lV/u MM J. RH YMEI? ATTORN EYS Patented Nev, 27; 1928.

TPATIENIT OFFICE.

. WILLIAM J. RHYNEB,' OF SPBECKELS,'CALIFOBNIA.

-- Anwsranm slur FOR AUTOMOBILES.

' This invention relatesto adjustable seats I for automobiles and has for oneof its'-objects the-provision of a seat which may be adjusted forwardly and backwardly. An- 4 other object of my invention is the provision of locking means for holding the seat in the adjusted position;

It is to be understood-that although the seat of my invention is referred to as an automobile-seat, it may be employed in other places than in automobiles.

For the comfortable seating of various drivers, when they drive one and the same automobile, it is very desirable to have a seat adjustable toward or away from the operating instruments, such as the steerin wheel and those operated by the feet an arms; this situation is of course, due to the fact that different drivers vary in bodily dimensions, such as the sitting height and length of limbs.

With the foregoing objects in view, together'with such other objects and advantages as may subsequently appear, this invention resides in the construction and arrangement of partsv hereinafter described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Fig. 1 is a front view ofmy adjustable seat. Y

Fig. 2 is a side view of the seat shown in ig. 3 is a view taken on line 33 of Fig. 4; and Fig. 4 is a view taken on line 4-4 of Figure 3.

Referring to the drawings for a more detailed description thereof, the seat is indicated by the numeral 7, which is inclined as shown in Fig. 2, the rear end of the seat being lower than the forward end thereof. The seat is provided with a back .10. The rear part of the seat is sup rted by 'means of apair of spaced legs 12, In the lower end of which are mounted rollers 13 resting on the floor 14 of the car.

To the under side of the seat 7 is secured a pair of spaced racks 17 parallel with the floor 14, the racks being spaced below the under side of the seat by means of any suitable fastening means, such for example, as the bolts 16, encircled by sleeves 19. I

It will be seen that the racks 17 are parallel with each other and are disposed from the front toward the back or the rear of the seat. The racks 17 each engage a pinion Application filed Au 'u t 5, 1926. Serial No. 127,366.

18. The pinions 18 are keyed to a shaft 20, rotatablysupported adjacent each end by a pan of standards 22 which are secured to plate 23, the latter bein 14 of the car shown in igs. 1 and 2.

The racks 17 are kept in engagement with the pinions 18 by means of cages 27 through which the racks pass. The cages 27 are apertured transverse y to receive the shaft 20 on which thecages are loosely mounted. At one end of the shaft 20 is provided a hand-wheel 28, which is adapted to turn the shaft-20,-

which upon turning rotates the pinions 18, whereby the racks 17 and the. seat 8 can be moved backward or forward accordin to which direction the hand-wheel is turnetf Extending outwardl from one of the cages 27 is a stud 30a apted to be engaged by a tooth-wheel 31 which encircles the shaft 20 and whlchis secured to the hand-wheel by means of a connecting sleeve 33. The tooth-wheel 31, when engaged with the stud 30 locks the seat against movement, backward or forward.

In Fig. 4, the tooth-wheel 31 is out of en shows a ball 38, resting in the depression 36,

and held in that depression by a coiled spring 39 disposed in the recess 35. The upper end of the coiled spring abuts against a screw 40, which threadedly engages the rim of the hand-wheel and is disposed in the upper end of the aperture 35. The spring 39 is, of course, yieldable so that the ball 38 may be thrown into the inner depression 37, when force is exerted on the wheel to push it inwardly until the tooth-wheel 31 engages the dog 30.

It will beseen meral 42 indicates a spIined connection between the shaft and the connecting sleeve bolted tovthe floor from Fig.1 that the nu- 33, whereby provision is made fora movement of the hand-wheel longitudinally of the shaft and whereby rotation of the wheel rotates the shaft.

While I have described one embodiment of my invention, modifications thereof may be readily devised without departing from the spirit of Iny invention; and it is'to'v be nndefshaft, pinions carried by seid shaft; end stood that such modifications .come within meshing with said racks,'brackets connectmg 10 the scope of the appended claim; said racks with said pinions and permitting v I chum:- a swinging of said racks about sald shaft as 5 A device of the type described comprising/a center,- means for supporting the rear pora. seat portion, racks secured to said'seat; a tio'n-of the seat'andaback hingedly'conneeted supptortin shaft, means for, supporting said to the rear portionof the seat.

sha racks being swingable about said WILLIAM J. RHYNER. 

